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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I've had this thought and pseudo-concern, but when you think about it, is there much of a successful history of "having the next head coach on staff"? Belichick wasn't on the Patriots staff before he took the job. Tomlin wasn't on Pittsburgh's staff. Jason Garrett is about the only coach in waiting situation that I am aware of and is he all that successful? Jim Caldwell did it, but didn't last. That's very true. Belichick also didn't really succeed at the Jets (he had been at the Patriots in 1996, prior to taking HC job after leaving NY). Yeah, if anything there is a history of guys circling back with a team where they had underling success. Kubiak back at Denver, Belichick spent one year with New England. McCarthy spent one year with GB then 5-6 elsewhere before returning. That speaks more to the importance of having a coach who can work with a number of quality assistants, and be able to identify and recruit replacements for the guys that leave.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I've had this thought and pseudo-concern, but when you think about it, is there much of a successful history of "having the next head coach on staff"? Belichick wasn't on the Patriots staff before he took the job. Tomlin wasn't on Pittsburgh's staff. Jason Garrett is about the only coach in waiting situation that I am aware of and is he all that successful? Jim Caldwell did it, but didn't last.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    concerns about his ability to interview for a head coach position, sure.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I believe the source of that fact was Kane.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    that's two daily herald hockey guys in a year, no?
  6. jersey cubs fan
    It's interesting that they have hired some offensive assistants without having an OC. Wouldn't the OC have some say in that? Or is this how it works everywhere? Well the line coach has been a Fox line coach for a decade, under multiple OC. I'm not sure the OC has much of a say in position coaches, it seems to me the HC has authority over every coaching hire.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I definitely think some will survive. But w/o an official OC hire there are dominoes yet to fall.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Apparently that happened. There were 3-4 assistant coaches hired yesterday, more or less right after the Fangio news came out. Interesting that only a few decisions on current staff was made. Only a couple assistants were let go. So far. You don't officially let guys go until you have definitive replacement. But they all reportedly are free to look elsewhere.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I'm fine with failed NFL coaches, but failed college head coaches? I don't see much upside in him. He is not considered an offensive guru by anybody. He's had one really good season as an OC in his career (2004) then failed upward.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Never a bad idea to hire former head coaches as your coordinators. I'd guess Trestman does fine in this role. His problem was a complete lack of leadership skills.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    If I had to guess I think it is more about making do with what his options are at the moment.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    It's not like they just handed him to the Cubs.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    With the tendency for teams to always hire the antithesis of the guy they just fired, it's interesting to note just how much Pace differs from Emery on the college scouting side of things. For one, Pace was a pro personnel guy and Emery came from the college scouting side. Unlike Emery, Pace seems to be distancing himself from the college scouting aspect of the job. As far as I can tell, Pace seems to be putting all the college scouting responsibilities on the guys that worked the job under Emery. Didn't he just hire his buddy from NO to take over that side and report to him? Plus, IIRC, he has a special method and metrics they will be using to evaluate talent, but it was too late to implement it by the time he got hired. The guy he hired was from the pro personnel side. He replaced Emery's pro personnel guys but officially at least, the Bears still have the same guys running the college scouting side.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Certainly not at the level we are today, but as a former player he must have known to some extent what the game does to your body over the long run. Yeah, but everybody knew and thought nothing of the fact that you'd need a replacement hip and new knees. They figured all old people got that stuff eventually anyway.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    With the tendency for teams to always hire the antithesis of the guy they just fired, it's interesting to note just how much Pace differs from Emery on the college scouting side of things. For one, Pace was a pro personnel guy and Emery came from the college scouting side. Unlike Emery, Pace seems to be distancing himself from the college scouting aspect of the job. As far as I can tell, Pace seems to be putting all the college scouting responsibilities on the guys that worked the job under Emery.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I doubt Mike Ditka was all that aware of potential future consequences for players when he was coaching.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Plotting privately? Isn't that just called looking to trade up?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, and apparently he had the Pace hire earlier too... Yeah but that Ty guy who never actually breaks anything says he's a fraud. He tweeted after that that it was just a joke, that he's actually friends with him. Is it me or did this guy not actually report that they hired Fangio? It seems like he kept saying he thinks it could happen despite other people saying it won't. But that is not the same thing as saying it happened.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Oh, I thought he was the guy with the really short batted balls distance.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    What is Lake's appeal? He's completely changed his stance at the plate and has been a walk machine in winter ball. I'm not convinced it's going to have any real effect on his MLB performance since he's still striking out a ton, but it changes the possibility of him being more than worthless to non-zero. hitting for significantly less power too Is that possible?
  21. jersey cubs fan
    That is just amazing At the time, I thought it was a smart move. In hindsight, unless you're more proven or you know for sure you have another move secured, you can't do this. I thought he had the Jets job locked up. That was the most effective media hatchet job I've seen in quite some time.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I don't really get that impression of Howie at all. He's no Joe Buck.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    At what point does Howie "I Did It the Right Way" Long tell Kyle to STFU? Why would that be his response to either of these positive and excited Tweets? Either he misinterpreted "goon squad" and "down" or he's just referring to prior Kyle Long twitter issues. I don't really think any of that stuff was meaningful or problematic.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Mel Tucker is trending on twitter (not Fangio). People are viewing this as the Bears "finally firing Tucker" and while I get the jubilance that he is gone, it is really weird to me how many people thought Tucker was going to keep his job.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    is a DB's coach different from a secondary coach? or maybe one of them would be changing roles, i guess. I'd like to know why Hoke is so widely respected, when this team has had such trouble with its secondary.
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